Ezra 5:17
"Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter."
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- Ezra 4:15
"That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 25:2
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 4:19
"And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 6:1
"Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon."
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